{"product_id":"the-year-tomas-espedal-9780857428509","title":"The Year","description":"In contemporary Norwegian fiction, Tomas Espedal's work stands out as uniquely bound up with the author's personal experiences. His first book, \u003ci\u003eTramp\u003c\/i\u003e, introduced us to the wanderer Tomas; \u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e told us how a boy approaches art and eventually becomes a writer; \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e examined love's labor--the job of writing; and in \u003ci\u003eBergerners\u003c\/i\u003e, he is torn between his love for his home town and what lies beyond. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Year\u003c\/i\u003e, we encounter the author's struggle to reconcile his inner life with the external world, and the myriad forms of love, hate, loss, and death--both personal and literary--with the immutable pattern of time and the seasons. It is the journal of a year, a diary like no other. And suffusing it all are questions Petrarch asked: How do you live when the one you love is gone? And when your life force shifts from spring to autumn, how do you find the good death? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written as a long poem, \u003ci\u003eThe Year\u003c\/i\u003e is Espedal's riveting stream of consciousness--profound, edgy, sometimes manic, but always intensely intimate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tomas Espedal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857428500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857428509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 5.91w x 0.94d","brand":"Tomas Espedal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051239239935,"sku":"9780857428509","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f20efe6c-8198-4f31-8042-540b3e19671d.jpg?v=1685011909","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-tomas-espedal-9780857428509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}